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Monday, August 4, 2025

Jackson Middle School celebrates eighth grade promotion at Willowbrook High

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Dr. Brian Graber Superintendent at Villa Park School District 45 | Villa Park School District 45

Dr. Brian Graber Superintendent at Villa Park School District 45 | Villa Park School District 45

On May 21, Jackson Middle School held a promotion ceremony for its eighth-grade students at Willowbrook High School. The event marked the transition of 228 students to high school.

During the ceremony, eighth grader Tessa Burritt addressed her classmates. She said: “Congratulations, we did it! It’s time to leave the middle school building behind, but we should take with us the joys and lessons we’ve all shared. Together, we are an astonishing class of students, ready to step into freshman year and grow up to be amazing people.”

Jackson Middle School is part of Villa Park School District 45, which also includes Ardmore Elementary School, Jefferson Middle School, North Elementary School, Schafer Elementary School, Stevenson School, Westmore Elementary School, and York Center Elementary School in DuPage County (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

The district has a teaching staff of 224 with an average salary of $74,159 before pension contributions; most teachers are women and there have been no reported cases of teachers exceeding 10 absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

Student demographics in Villa Park School District 45 show that 43.4 percent are White, 7.8 percent Black, 35.4 percent Hispanic, and 8.2 percent Asian (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In 2020, the district spent $23,216 per student for a total expenditure of $76,753,683 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

The district congratulated all graduates and their families.

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